Productions

Film Production at Northwest Film Forum

Northwest Film Forum directly supports the creation of new work of filmmakers from Washington State and beyond, with cash, grant programs, and opportunities for visiting artists.  In addition to supporting over 80 films a year by our 300 members through our filmmaking programs, NWFF commissions and facilities films.  We work to integrate the productions into our cinema screenings and workshops, and often use our own staff expertise and filmmaking equipment.

Unique in the nation, our Start-to-Finish Program partners with a local filmmaker to make a feature film, aiding the production from development and financing all the way through its public release.  With Signature Shorts, we commission local filmmakers to make 35mm shorts which premiere at NWFF and then play before features in Western Washington.  The One Shot Film Challenge puts the resources of the organization behind a visiting filmmaker, asking them to make a movie consisting of a single shot. 

 

News

The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle Accepted into 2009 Sundance Film Festival

The Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) is proud to announce the premiere of The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle by filmmaker David Russo in the American Spectrum category of the Sundance Film Festival, which takes place January 15-25, 2009 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.  The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle is the sixth film produced by Northwest Film Forum’s innovative Start-to-Finish program and the second to participate in the Sundance Film Festival. Police Beat premiered at the 2005 event.

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Signature Shorts

Signature Shorts is a program at Northwest Film Forum that commissions two short films, from one to three minutes in length, by two regional filmmakers. The content of the films are at the discretion of the artists and vary from animation to live action. NWFF  finishes the movies as 35mm prints so they can be shown in commercial theaters at no charge to the venue. Independent theaters from around the state commit to screening the shorts before feature films, allowing them to reach a broader, more diverse audience than  most shorts ever would.

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Start to Finish

Start-to-Finish is a program to commission a narrative feature film of a Washington-state filmmaker. Using a holistic approach to supporting the filmmaker, NWFF aids in the project from conception to preproduction, shooting, post-production, sales and distribution. For each project, NWFF provides a budget of $100,000 cash and $150,000 of in-kind services to aid in the production of the film, in addition to gear, space, connections and expertise.

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